The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-23
A SOUTH SIDE STROLL.
CLAY lVARD-SOUTR or CARY AND
WEST or CHERRY STREET

Improvements Made aud Projected Cheap
Houses for the People The Coming Em-
pire- what l. Needed 4 Few Remarks
ON Names.
Linden street has been partly filled In
and graded from Cary street 20 Hollywood
Linden street is the first one west Of
Cherry street. 1t is proposed at some
time in the future TO run this street
though Hollywood and make il one Of
the principal avenues to tbat place.
Linden street is still in need Of greater
Improvement, and it will never thrive
until that hOrrid sewer il I'm some manner
fixed up
This sewer is a constant menace 10 the
lives and health Of the people in that
vicinity, and has greatly retarded the
growth of this section Taylor street
runs from Linden street west 1t is now
built mp, especially as far as Reservoir
street Beyond that point il is also being
rapidly improved
Chaflin street IL the next one 20 Taylor
and running parallel with il. Chailln
street also shows signs OF progress But
at the point At which Captain Martin
Meredith LipsCOmb has his habitatiOn, il
i- in n very bad state Chaflln street
needs attention, and needs 1t badly.
oN GOOSE CREEK.
Beech street. which begins at about
Pars avenue. meets an untimcly end I'm
The rayinc known as Goose creek Beech
street beyond Cary looks well, but south
Of that pointit is not q thing of beauty
and the green walks OF Goose creek are
far from being joy forever
Beverly street lis the largest of all the
avenues in Clay ward southside
Albemarle street, beginning at Belyi-
der, dies q natural death Al Cherry. and
of 80 10 may be said d" ! wonder what 10
was begun for" Cumberland street
starts also about Bclyidcre, and ata point
at which 1t is hard to tell where Canal
street ends or Cumberland begins
However, it sees Albemarle one better,
and winds up at Linden street.
About half square of Is Taylor street
on one side and Chaflin ON the other, but
the distance 90 either is too great for
successful connection so there are two
new streets where one would suffice
But to return t0 Beverly street This
also begins q westward course AT Bclvi
lcre street and ends at new Reservoir
Lake. 10 is the champion long distance
street and is now open for vehicles the
entire route Nearly all of the streets
west of Cherry are of made earth, but the
iiu has been packed i'm very compact
and il is believed it will stand
hc storm.
WHAT Is NEEDED.
With q little needed improvement this
section of the city will soon build up.
There is ample room here for houses at
d reasonable rental They are suitable
'or men Of moderate means.
soon there viii be a market-house at
Linden and Cary streets Both railways
rayerse the locality There are plenty
IF churches of nearly all denominations
md good schools convenient.
West Of Reservoir ST rect there are hun
ircis of lots that can beutilized for cheap
iousc- for the people Any Improvements
here made will soon repay the outlay in
increased values for taxation.
Give the people water, gas, pavements,
idcwalks Ltt them feel that they are
md have AN interest therein, and soon
lay -S0uthside-wil blossom like
he rose Down south of Albemarlc
treet and west of Belvidere viii De
ound Spring, China. High and other
streets. ON all Of which great improve .
ucnt- are being made
Pine. Laurel and Cherry streets are too /
we'll known to require extended notice T
lhey are among the prettiest streets i'm .
he city.
There is room i'm Clay ward, south side /
or 5000 good citizens that is. i'm all the .
ection south of Main and west of Madi- /
on streets.
Whats rs a NAMEy
In tlis connection there seems TO De
ome people who object 10 the names of
berry, Mulberry, &c. ar being "seryile +
They prefer The names of
loted men Well, variety is the spice of
ifc. Give us some of both. But there
.re very few men nowadays whom the
,eo. le desire TO commemorate i'm that
tyle
Philadelphia it is true. has Chest
nut street but the most violent Yankee
ater cannot but admit that 10 Is a very
retty and a very creditable Chestnut,
nd we wish Richmond had several imi-
ations of it.
But if it is better look over the State
cc0rds and attach the name of some f.
. v 90 al OF our avenues and discard
lch plobian title, as Pine, Laurel Cherry,
.c.. bat in naming the streets be sure and
ot let the names OF any Of the second
antilles creep in this might mar the
eauty Of the structure, and also might
OF suit people Of elevated or "conserya-
I've tastes
But there Is nothing I'm a name and no
anne they can attach TO these wild west
IN streets can retard their progress, if
he people are energetic and enterprizing,
nd receive but little aid from the city
athors.
Sick Headache
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